and they are the murder capital of the united states, 516 dead last year. i think having a hearing on what happened before we rush into the next, you know , panacea, would be a useful exercise on a non-partisan basis. >> this idea and the other idea the speaker talked about about members of the black caucus going into republican district is kind of fascinating. part of the problem we have is the district agreements have been sorted out into the two parties almost preciselism they are really representing very different americas at this point. 80% of the house republicans are in districts that are more white than the national average in the population, two-thirds of democrats are in districts more non-white than the national average the republican coalition this last election, 90% mitt romney's votes came from whites in 40% of the country that is non-white. they are representing very different coalitions that don't feel a great affinity for one another t requires the leadership to lead their voters, i think, toward accepting the rate that we are a closely div